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  1. public domain
    An Early Version of Mickey Mouse Is for the People NowAfter entering the public domain, he’s already inspired a horror game and some NSFW memes.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  2. the law
    Supreme Court Rules Warhol’s Prince Portrait Isn’t Diff-print EnoughPhotographer Lynn Goldsmith won her copyright suit against Warhol’s estate.
    By Jason P. Frank
  3. the law
    Ed Sheeran Says He’s ‘Done’ If He Loses Copyright TrialWe know you want him to quit music — but not like this.
    By Justin Curto
  4. politics
    Marjorie Taylor Greene Forgot About Dre(’s Copyright Claims)Dr. Dre sent the far-right representative a cease and desist for using “Still D.R.E.” in a promo.
    By Justin Curto
  5. my lawsuit is dropping
    Taylor Swift Shook Off Her Copyright Lawsuit Ahead of TrialIt’s unclear whether both sides reached a settlement.
    By Justin Curto
  6. christmas in august
    Darlene Love and Mariah Carey Are Battling for the Christmas ThroneAnd so is Christmas-exclusive singer Elizabeth Chan.
    By Justin Curto
  7. rocky relationships
    Sylvester Stallone Wants the Rocky Rights Back From ‘Parasitical’ Producer“I really would like have at least a little WHAT’s LEFT of my RIGHTS back …”
    By Zoe Guy
  8. copyright
    Quinta Brunson’s Abbott Elementary Hit With Copyright LawsuitThe suit demands that “Brunson and ABC turn over all profits they made from the show.”
    By Charu Sinha
  9. internet studies
    The Day the Puffles Cried: Disney Shuts Down Club Penguin RewrittenEven in the metaverse, penguins are an endangered species.
    By Rebecca Alter
  10. prints of princes
    A Case About Andy Warhol’s Prince Artwork Is Headed to the Supreme CourtThe justices will decide if Warhol meaningfully transformed a photograph of the singer enough for fair use to apply.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  11. the law
    Ed Sheeran Is Working on His folkloreHe said he wrote 25 songs with Aaron Dessner in one week — under oath!
    By Justin Curto
  12. the law
    Have You Written a Song That Sounds Like Dua Lipa’s ‘Levitating’?In the past week, two separate lawsuits claimed they have.
    By Justin Curto
  13. the law
    The Weeknd Sued for Copyright Infringement Over ‘Call Out My Name’Two producers claim the 2018 song resembles a track they showed the Weeknd years before.
    By Justin Curto
  14. switched on pop
    Why Does Olivia Rodrigo Keep Giving Up Songwriting Credits?Copyright lawsuits are making musical interpretation an increasingly costly endeavor.
    By Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan
  15. the law
    Justice Demands Justice Over Justin Bieber’s JUSTICE Album CoverThe French electronic duo sent Bieber a cease-and-desist over his use of a cross logo.
    By Justin Curto
  16. copyright
    Tracy Chapman Wins $450K Copyright Suit Against Nicki MinajMinaj made an offer for using Chapman’s “Baby Can I Hold You” in a leaked song.
    By Zoe Haylock
  17. copyright
    Rihanna Sued Over Copyright for Fenty Instagram VideoKing Khan and Saba Lou claim Fenty used their song “Good Habits (and Bad)” without permission.
    By Justin Curto
  18. respect the classics
    Neil Young Drops Lawsuit Against His Biggest FanAnd he doesn’t even say why.
    By Devon Ivie
  19. music
    Katy Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’ Copied Christian Rap Song, Federal Jury FindsPerry, her collaborators, and her label will have to pay $2.78 million in damages.
    By Halle Kiefer
  20. cow tools
    Gary Larson Hesitantly Logs On“The Far Side” has famously never been available online, until today.
    By Brian Feldman
  21. content
    A Dispute on Twitter Illustrates the Insanity of Copyright LawThe current architecture favors those with time and money to burn, not individuals who get ripped off.
    By Brian Feldman
  22. select all
    E.U. Saves Memes by Rejecting Controversial Copyright RegulationsArticle 13 could have changed the internet drastically.
    By Brian Feldman
  23. select all
    Why Is This Man Going to Prison for Copying Free Repair Software?Eric Lundgren made 28,000 unauthorized copies of software you can legally download for free. Now he’s headed to federal prison for 15 months.
    By Jake Swearingen
  24. select all
    Julian Assange Got in Trouble for Stealing a Viral VideoYou gotta keep engagement up somehow.
    By Brian Feldman
  25. love and war
    Did Frank Ocean’s Panorama Shirt Violate Copyright Laws?Green Box Shop, the maker of the shirt, may have violated copyright laws when it used the words of a 2015 tweet.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  26. select all
    Warner Bros. Took Down Its Own Sites in Copyright SweepThe flaws in how the web handles copyright become ever more apparent.
    By Brian Feldman
  27. the blurred lines effect
    ‘Blurred Lines’ Appeal Backed by 212 MusiciansDanger Mouse, Jennifer Hudson, Tears for Fears, Hans Zimmer, and R. Kelly all signed the amicus brief.
    By Tolly Wright
  28. That Time Negativland Trolled U2 Into Suing Them Trawling YouTube is a weekly look at one interesting story or oddity from YouTube. You ever go down a YouTube rabbit hole and suddenly you’ve […]
    By Eddie Brawley
  29. Why Is Oracle Suing Google and What’s at Stake?An intricate court case has big implications.
    By Brian Feldman
  30. Is Richard Prince the Andy Warhol of Instagram?He always wanted to be the coolest artist in the world. But how much cred can one man appropriate?
    By Carl Swanson
  31. Why Copyright Infringement Is Pop’s Big ProblemWelcome to the Wild West of music-copyright law.
    By Lauretta Charlton
  32. The Woman Who Invented ‘on Fleek’ Still Hasn’t Seen a Dime for ItOur current copyright system offers little protection to the black creators generating much of the viral content.
    By Brian Feldman
  33. soundalike sound-off
    Do Sleigh Bells Have a Case Against Demi Lovato?We asked a copyright expert to explain the technical aspects of the latest sound-alike controversy.
    By Lauretta Charlton
  34. Calvin, Hobbes, Twitter, and CopyrightThere is a battle going on between good and evil – right at the nexus between art and commerce, between the old way and the new, between […]
    By Eddie Brawley
  35. david letterman
    Here’s Why You Can’t Watch Letterman’s Late Show on YouTube AnymoreHis episodes were removed from YouTube and CBS.com on Thursday.
    By Dee Lockett
  36. Marvin Gaye, Robin Thicke, and Why Nobody Cares About Stolen JokesOn Tuesday a jury in Los Angeles found Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams guilty of copyright infringement and ordered them to pay $7.3 million […]
    By Eddie Brawley
  37. copyright
    K-Pop Star Sues Sony Over Unauthorized Use of Her Music in The InterviewThis studio can’t catch a break.
    By E. Alex Jung
  38. A Russian Broadcasting Company Got Dan Klein’s ‘This Is Comedy’ Special […]Earlier this month, comedian Dan Klein released a fantastic collection of standup tropes and clichés in the form of an hourlong special titled […]
    By Megh Wright
  39. movies
    Watch Matt Zoller Seitz’s Video Essay on All That JazzHe explains why it was cut from the Criterion Blu-ray edition.
    By Anna Silman
  40. ‘THR’ Explains Why Jokes Aren’t Always Covered by the Copyright ActTHR ran an interesting guest column over the weekend called “Why It’s So Hard to Get the Law to Protect a Good Joke” that explores intellectual […]
    By Megh Wright
  41. Adorable Toy Company GoldieBlox Sues the Beastie BoysAfter the band threatens copyright infringement.
    By Maggie Lange
  42. lawsuits
    Harper Lee Sues Over To Kill a Mockingbird CopyrightThe 87-year-old author claims that her literary agent’s son-in-law took advantage of her bad hearing.
    By Delia Paunescu
  43. Fox Doesn’t Care that ‘Glee’ Ripped Off Jonathan Coulton’s Cover Song Last week, a new song from the TV show Glee was released online, an acoustic cover version of Sir-Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” that used the […]
    By Bradford Evans
  44. Did ‘Glee’ Plagiarize Jonathan Coulton’s Cover of ‘Baby Got Back?’ Here’s a cover of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” from the Fox show Glee, set to air on next week’s episode. Jonathan Coulton recorded a […]
    By Bradford Evans
  45. lawsuits
    Faulkner Estate Files Second Lawsuit in Two DaysThis one is over a Washington Post ad.
    By Andre Tartar
  46. arrests
    Pirate Bay Co-Founder Arrested in CambodiaThe Swedes have been after him for years. 
    By Andre Tartar
  47. An Open Letter to Jay Leno About Stealing My Video and Then Getting It […]Dear Jay Leno, First off, my intention is not to fight you on this. You have more cars than I have dollars, and so I know I don’t stand a […]
    By Brian Kamerer
  48. eye of newt
    Gingrich Sued for Using ‘Eye of the Tiger’ Throughout CampaignSurvivor is kicking Newt when he’s down.
    By Brett Smiley
  49. Man Claims The Hangover Part II Was Based on His LifeMichael Alan Rubin is suing Warner Brothers, arguing that the plot of The Hangover Part II was stolen from a script he wrote about his 2007 […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  50. music
    Record Labels Prepare to Battle Artists Over Song RightsAs usual, the RIAA are the villains.
    By Adam K. Raymond
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